Eugene-Casimir Vilatte

Eugene-Casimir Vilatte (14 April 1770-14 May 1834) was a general of division of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Biography
In 1795 Vilatte served as an aide to Bernadotte and by 1803 had become a Brigadier General in the French Empire. In 1805 he served in the Battle of Ulm and the Battle of Elchingen and fought at the Battle of Jena and Magdeburg in 1806. At the Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen in 1807, he defeated a Russian army while serving as an aide to Michel Ney.

In 1808 he was deployed to Spain, and lost Joaquin Blake y Joyes' army at the Battle of Valmaseda, but extricated his men intact. He would fight at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813 and the Battle of Toulouse in 1814, and after the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte, he turned sides to the Bourbon monarchy. He served as General of Infantry and an inspector after the end of the Hundred Days in 1815.